PORT ANGELES — Robert Stringham, a commercially licensed driver for Hartnagel Building Supply, 3111 E. U.S. Highway 101, recently received a five-year certificate for completing a two-day certification course offered by Overton Safety Training.
The program, designed for articulated boom truck operators, covered stability, outriggers, hazards, controlling loads, load placement, load weight calculating, lifting and rigging solutions.
For information about Hartnagel’s delivery services for building materials, phone 360-452-8933.
Basement sale set
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Farmers Market will hold a fundraiser in the basement of Country Aire Natural Foods, 200 W. First St., on Saturday and Sunday, March 28-29.
“This sale was very successful last year thanks to all the generous donations from the community” said Cynthia Warne, market manager.
“We are looking forward to another successful sale this year in order to help support market operations for our year-round farmers market.”
The sale’s hours will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days.
Donations can be dropped off Tuesdays and Thursdays between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The last day for deliveries is Tuesday, March 24.
No appliances or mattresses can be accepted.
For more information, phone 360-460-0361.
Massage therapy
PORT ANGELES — An “Aston kinetics” class for massage practitioners will take place at First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St., from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Massage practitioners can earn two continuing education units at this educational session with Vickie Dodd, a certified Aston teacher since 1973.
A $5 donation covers costs.
Contact Pat Carter at 360-457-0333 or cpat@olypen.com if able to bring a table.
For additional information, contact Carter or Darla Workman at 360-417-5257 or darlaw@willowmt.com.
This class is presented by the Olympic Massage Group, a unit of the Washington state chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association.
Agent of the Month
PORT ANGELES — Marc and Pat Thomsen, aka “Team Thomsen,” of Coldwell Banker Uptown Realty have been named the company’s Agent of the Month for February.
The Agent of the Month award is attained by producing the highest amount of real estate business transactions in one month’s time.
For more information, email Team Thomsen at MThomsen@olypen.com or phone 360-417-2782.
Eatery ownership
PORT ANGELES — Ryan Coburn has recently acquired full ownership of Coburn’s Cafe, located at 824 S. C St.
Previous owners Dee and Gloria Coburn, Ryan Coburn’s grandparents, have retired.
Ryan Coburn said there will be some minor menu changes, along with extended hours.
Coburn’s Cafe serves breakfast, lunch and dinner from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sundays; and from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays.
For more information, phone 360-417-0991 or visit www.facebook.com/CoburnsCafe.
Sergeant lauded
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Department just announced a national certification for one of its sergeants that will put them ahead of the curve for risk management issues in their jail facilities.
Sgt. Wendy Peterson completed a weeklong intensive training session at the National PREA Resource Center in Columbia, S.C.
The training was sponsored and presented by the U.S. Department of Justice and is supportive of efforts to place Justice-certified Prison Rape Elimination Act auditors into the field.
The Prison Rape Elimination Act, or PREA, was signed into law in 2003 and is a set of national guidelines for establishing policies to adequately address sexual assault and sexual harassment involving inmates housed in facilities.
The guidelines became effective in late 2012, and Justice began offering auditor training in 2013, Clallam Sheriff Bill Benedict said.
Benedict said Peterson’s newly acquired credentials place her into an elite group of only five certified PREA auditors within the state.
Peterson is now able to audit adult facilities, including prisons, jails, lockups and community confinement facilities.
PREA auditors may be called upon to perform audits nationwide.
Vet tech attends
PORT ANGELES — Bob Parr, a licensed veterinary technician for Family Veterinary Clinic, recently attended the Western Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas.
He attended classes on radiology techniques and reading radiographs, pain management, surgery and recovery care for the anesthetized patient. He also attended a special class on heartworm prevention.
Family Veterinary Clinic is located at 3217 E. Mahogany St.
For more information, phone 360-452-9682.
Woodworking shop carves niche in PA
PORT ANGELES — Rachael Boyd has opened The Country Woodwright at 513 S. Lincoln St.
She sells handmade furniture, offers furniture restoration and holds traditional woodworking classes.
Her classes focus on creating furniture the way it was made 100 years ago, according to a news release.
Classes meet twice a week, and Boyd teaches out of a book that was used in 1887 to teach woodworking.
She also offers classes on how to make tools and refurbish old ones.
For more information, phone 360-670-5330.
KONP talk guests
PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1:05 p.m. to 2 p.m. local talk show segment on KONP radio, at 1450 AM, 101.7 FM and www.konp.com on the Internet outside the Port Angeles area.
Station General Manager Todd Ortloff hosts the Monday through Thursday segments.
This week’s scheduled lineup:
■ Monday: Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict.
■ Tuesday: Olympic Medical Center CEO Eric Lewis and OMC board Commissioner John Nutter discuss legislative advocacy and federal issues in health care.
■ Wednesday: Interim Clallam County health officer Dr. Jeanette Stehr-Green discusses the county Health Department and how it’s dealing with and educating the community on the measles outbreaks, vaccines and community concerns.
■ Thursday: In the first segment, Port Angeles Farmers Market Manager Cynthia Warne discusses the upcoming basement sale fundraiser, which will help support operations for the year-round market.
In the second segment, Mike Howe, communications director for Clallam County Public Utility District.
